Corn harvester



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C. W. SCOTT CORN HARVESTER Filed Jan. 50, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet@ C.nascon- INVENTOR ATTURNEY WITNESSES,`

die-like formation through the instrumen-` Patented pr. 2.2,V 1924i.

zz. u 1T s atlas conn "na'avnsrnn vApplication led January 30, 1922'.Serial'ro. 532,872: .i

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that I, CLATHAN W. Sco'rr,

la ,citizenlof the United States, residing at Yellow Springs, inthecounty of Greene `to provide a corn harvester of novel icon'- lstructionand by means of which one or two rows of corn'may bevcut at the sametime,

and subsequently arranged upon la platform in groups. which are heldtogether 1n bun44 tality of means operable 'from the drivers seat forthis purpose.

)Othervobjects and advantages willappearl when the following detaileddescription isV Y read in connection with the accompanying Vses alongitu drawings, the invention residing in the con-S struction,combination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.k p

n the drawings forming part of this application, like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views,vand

wherein f Figure 1 is a top plan view.

Y Figure 2 isa vside elevation. Y

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of-Figure. 1, lookingin the direction of the arrows.

Figure 4 is a similar view taken'on the line 4.--4 of Figure 1, lookingin the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawings in detail,the machine consists of a wheeledframe 10 which may be propelled in any suitable manner. The rear wheels11 are connected by means of an axle 12, while journaled upon the frame10 isa shaft 13 which is arranged in spaced parallel relation to theaxle 12; A sprocket 14 is carried bythe axle 12, and

`trained over this sprocket and also over1 a' similar sprocket 15carried by the shaft 13 is an endless chain 16, through theinstrumentality of vwhich the. shaft 13 is rotated incident to therotation of theV axle 12. Supported on the frame is a supporting member17 upon which is Yarranged the drivers seat 18. .Projecting from eachside of the frame 10 immediately in advance of the supportino memberv17, is a plate 19 uhaving dinal series of openin s 20 with which theopening 21 in the a jacent end of the blade 22 is adapted t0 register toreceive a pin 23. The forward end of this blade is provided with. asimilar-opening which is adapted to be rbrought into regis` tration-withany Vone of a plurality ofopen- Y ings24 provided inY aplate 25 which'isal'so. `attached to the :frame 10 but lat aright anrria , le:.A'rnairw. sco'r'r, or xrinnow'srnrnesmnro. y,

gie-to the plate 19. By reason of thisconn struction, it i's'manifestthat thecutting blades at the opposite sides of the machine vcanbeadjusted to vary the angle or degree of inclination withV respect tothe frame.

Arranged adjacent each side of themachineV 1s .one or'more resilientmembers! 26 which serve in the capacity of guards `'to direct'the cornltoward the cutting bladesincident to the progress. of the machinejas/'will be.

readily understood. Also. for-.the purposeV of bending the corn in thedirection of the,"

cutting blades',r to facilitate Severin fof the corn, l make use ofatoothed drum oreach j' cutting blade. l Thesedrums are indicated at V27andare disposedwith relation `to the;v blade, and inwardly of theresilient guards f in "amanner illustrated. Each drum 'is=supportedlby ashaft 28. rlhese drums are simultaneously operated by means of the shaft13, the opposite end of the latter `sup' porting bevelledk gears 3 2which'mesh with similargears 33 carried by the adjacent extremities ofthe shafts 28 for supporting said drums. Y' lt is of course understoodkthat the machine may be constructed to cut a single row of corn, 'inwhichinstance, the

use of these drums, cutting blades and other necessary parts illustratedare eliminated from one side of the machine. upon the frame by meansk ofstandards 34E is a wire frame-like structure 35 which pro- Supportedtects the operator from being injured byl contacting fthe toothed drumsorV y cutting blades.

The severedA corn is gathered by the operator who occupies'the seat 18andyis grouped upon the frame atthe lrear of the machine. i The severedcorn is arranged upon the rack bars at the rear of the ma-L chine, andat either side ofthe longitudinalpartition el.

mediate portion andterminates to provide curved extremities 36'whichproject beyondv both sides of the machine. The straight inf` termediateportion of each rack bar.. is jour-V Y nalled in bearings a0, it beingunderstoodl that the bars are mounted for rotation, so v that theposition of the hook like extremities can be reversed when it is desiredto ldump these stalks may be tied in bundle formation before they are Ydumped upon the 1 ground as desired.' However, when the le- `ver 39 isoperated in one direction the position of the rack bars is reversed, thebars being rotated so vas to project .the curved extremities downwardlywhich or course al 1 lows the bundles te fall to the ground. n

llhile it is believed that from *the foregoing description, thev natureand advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, desire to haveit understood that I do not limit myself t0 what is herein shown anddescribed, and that such changes may vbe resorted .to when desired asfall withinv the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim is l." A corn harvester or' the character described, awheeled frame, cutting means arranged at the forward yend of the trame,

' Vsaid' frame including a reduced portion projecting rearwardlytherefrom, a longitudinal partition rising centrally from said por ltion, rack bars journalledvr on said portion beneath the partition andarranged trans-Y versely of the latter, each Vrack bar termi*- nating toprovidecurved portionsnormally 'Y ing a manual-lyfoperable lever forturning said .rack bars toreverse the positions there'- of and wherebysaid stalks-are deposited in bundles upon the ground.

extended upwardly and adapted to receive l v the stalks when severed,and means includ- 2. In a corn harvester,'a wheeled frameV.

brackets supported thereby and havingV a Yplurality ot' openings,divergently arranged cutting bladeshavingftheir correspondingextremities pivoted onvsaid brackets, means adjustably supporting theother adjacent extremities `or said blades, whereby the blades can bearranged to vary their degree of inclination with respect'to the' frame,reef silient Vguides projecting forwardly Vfrom the opposed sides of theframe andvcurved` toward the front thereof, and I slightly meansV forsimultaneously rotating said drums incident to the progression of thevvmachine. f

ln testimony whereof I-'aix mysignaturet- Y. i

, a -CLATHAN .wpVA scorri."

spaced from said blades, vertically disposed` jtoothed' drums arrangedbetween but infclose proximity to the respective blades, and

